Wendy N. Powell: Parents must unite to save Halloween, other American traditions

For generations, parading from class to class in your favorite Halloween costume has made fond memories. It may have been in a sheet with two eyes, dressed as the Headless Horseman, or digging through a box of old clothes to look silly. It was having fun, sugaring up, and getting attention by laughs and shivers with school friends, often first or only social interactions.